Volt goes 1,000 miles between fill-ups, says GM

[Mr. dB]

It seems they could make an internal charging system that would operate when the vehicle operates. Air induction mini turbine or using the rotation of the wheels or pulleys somehow to internally charge itself. I dunno

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Or a 1.4 liter gasoline engine that charges the batteries but isn't connected to the drive wheels.

Oh, wait, the Volt already has that.

 

[SPEKTOR-AAA]

Nice lol

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[RottenWillow]

It seems they could make an internal charging system that would operate when the vehicle operates. Air induction mini turbine or using the rotation of the wheels or pulleys somehow to internally charge itself. I dunno

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you're doing a pretty good job of describing the function of regenerative braking. It has that.

 

[RottenWillow]

I would like to factor in their electric bill difffrence now as opposed to before they had the vehicle in order to determine real transportation costs....

It's very modest, Nan. A kilowatt of juice purchased on your local grid is extremely cheap per mile. The expense is in the equipment, i.e. the car itself.

In order to recoup the financial premium attached to it you'd have to drive the Volt 5 years at least, and that's assuming $4 a gallon gas for that entire time.

 

[uamaverick]

There's just no way I could buy one of these. Not only does it look like shit, and no doubt performance is shit, but consider what an incredible pain in the ass fixing it would be.

 

[SPEKTOR-AAA]

you're doing a pretty good job of describing the function of regenerative braking. It has that.

cool I figured it had something along those line. It would be nice to see it be efficient enough to keep up with the usage rate. A neverending vehicle would be so cool.

 

[jester72]

The new Chevrolet Volt, gets 111 miles per gallon and I hope its not long before other car manufacturers follow suit. I know electric cars are the wave of the future , so I hope they will eventually design one that is like a gas powered car in as far as acceleration, and less time between charges. I for one, would love to tell The United Emirates and OPEC to go to H(*). Discuss.




Volt drivers going 1,000 miles between fill-ups, GM says - May. 2, 2011

It's called the Tesla Roadster. All electric, and gets 250 miles per charge. Granted they are $90k, but how can an independent company already have developed the technology, and the "Big 3" along with Japanese manufacturers can only muster 45-60 miles per charge???

If Tesla could produce multiple models in the $17K-$30k range, I'd bet EVERY manufacturer would play catch up REALLY quick, or be out of business all together.

Hell, even the 1991 or 1992 GM EV-1 (GM's prototype electric vehicle) got more miles per charge, and that was technology developed 20+ years ago!

 

[javaguru]

It's very modest, Nan. A kilowatt of juice purchased on your local grid is extremely cheap per mile. The expense is in the equipment, i.e. the car itself.

In order to recoup the financial premium attached to it you'd have to drive the Volt 5 years at least, and that's assuming $4 a gallon gas for that entire time.

Exactly, "environmentalists" want to inflate the cost of gas to make alternatives economically competitive. Obama just spoke about the United States producing more oil than ever under his administration but that is a spike created by the evil Bush admin...You can't take credit for a boom without the bust of the economy....

Likewise, here is a graph of U.S. oil production by year...
United States Crude Oil Production by Year (Thousand Barrels per Day)

What the United States domestically produced...
1980 8,597.00

2010 5,511.93

I'm not a math major, just a minor, but I think the first number is greater than the second.

 

[RottenWillow]

If one wants to save money using electricity as a motor vehicle power source, just convert one yourself. We did a few years ago. Turned a salvage Daewoo Lanos into an EV. Everything is cheap except the controller, provided you buy used stuff. We did it back when gas prices were $4 a gallon the first time. That car completely paid for itself in about 20 months. Like I said, buying juice off the grid is cheap.

 

[miplank]

Odds are you're not gonna buy one of those at sticker anyways. Expect to pay probably 5-10 grand in ADM on the volt.